As the number of homeless people rises in Missouri, cities confront cross-border “drop-offs” thebeaconnews.org/stories/2025...

“Above all, you do not have to “come here for the bit.” The bit just isn’t that interesting.” defector.com/two-nights-p...

We all lament the destruction of the 50s and 60s, but it is wild how much KC was still demolishing in the 90s and 00s... and still does today.

In surprised I’m not gesturing in this photo since that’s like 75% of my job. “Oh look, a map!” Anyway, Kansas City is reconsidering the I-35 corridor through the Westside with an eye toward addressing some of the harms it has caused. www.kcur.org/housing-deve...

I am trying to think of a time when so many right-wing Christian folks have come out as strongly against Trump as they currently are re: his Rob Reiner comments.

The Brookside Shops area could soon see a long-awaited improvement for trail-goers in Kansas City. www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...

Newsom’s July order ran counter to many of his efforts to promote more & denser housing construction. YIMBY Law generally supports the governor, but alleged in the suit that in this instance Newsom capitulated to “communities with deepest pockets and loudest voices.” www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

The act of sending survivors to other countries raised a fundamental question: If the administration has evidence to show the people on the targeted boats are smuggling drugs & are a threat to Americans, then why is it not putting survivors on trial in U.S. courts? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...

A Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation-owned business landed a federal contract to assist facility design for immigration detention centers. The tribe said the project does not align with its values. www.kcur.org/politics-ele...

So far this year, 128 pedestrians have been killed in Missouri — a troubling increase over the same period in 2024, which was already the deadliest on record. www.kcur.org/housing-deve...

The city last week opened a dangerous buildings case on the Southwell Building, an Art Deco building at 3935 Main St. in Westport, where the iconic shop Clint’s Comics has been located for years. www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...

Airbnb expects to host about 11,000 guests representing 84,000 room nights across the Kansas City area when Arrowhead Stadium hosts matches in the summer, according to a report from Deloitte. It estimates a total of 158,000 visitors will need accommodations. www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/n...

Dr. Oz Tells His Federal Employees to Eat Less www.wired.com/story/dr-oz-...

A century ago, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters launched a union drive against a railroad giant, changing the course of the 20th century and forever entwining the causes of labor and Black civil rights. jacobin.com/2025/12/pull...

A Missouri lawmaker this week filed legislation that would allow Kansas City to separate from Jackson County, an extraordinary proposal that at least one legislator has dubbed “Jackxit.” www.kansascity.com/news/politic...

In which a staunch Democrat caves to power when it means more profit www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

As food prices remain high, the Trump administration has made it easier for farmers to hire foreign guest workers and to pay them less. Now, other industries with large immigrant workforces also are asking for relief as they combat labor shortages and raids. stateline.org/2025/12/03/m...

Four Republican states have agreed to help the Trump administration gain access to state driver’s license data through a nationwide law enforcement computer network as part of the administration’s hunt for alleged noncitizen voters. By @jonshorman.bsky.social stateline.org/2025/12/01/4...

A Pentagon watchdog has found Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated some of the department’s regulations when he shared sensitive information from his cellphone on Signal earlier this year www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

The world’s longest and deepest undersea road tunnel is being built in Norway, intended to cut travel time between major cities and become part of a ferry-free highway along its western coast. www.cnn.com/travel/norwa...

AI architecture thinks humans need more bathrooms

Belgrade’s long wait for a subway is ending with €1 billion in contracts for the city’s first, €4.4 billion ($5.13 billion) subway line to open in 2030. A second and third line is to follow a few years later to ease congestion & pollution in the city of 1.7 million. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

I think the gist of this story is that Urbanist Twitter is crushing NIMBYs? “Christopher Elmendorf published a thread on Twitter. In it, he detailed a little-noticed clause that, in certain instances, could nullify a city’s zoning completely.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/b...

I would love for internet people to realize that they can just say something like “I don’t want to date someone who makes less than this much money” instead of acting like everyone they personally don’t want to date is somehow unworthy of companionship.

David Sacks, the Trump administration’s A.I. and crypto czar, has helped formulate policies that aid his Silicon Valley friends and many of his own tech investments. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...

Opposition to a street connection matching the urban contexted centered around fire trucks being too big for the street. I wondered how we'd been fighting fires in an urban context if all the streets are narrow. But Darrell has a better point: why are fire departments advocating for unsafe roads?

New post: a week of hectic back and forth with fire officials and city council over Berkeley street festivals brings out into the open a conflict in city halls across USA. Fire depts opposition to traffic calming and safety measures. Is there a solution? darrellowens.substack.com/p/the-fire-d...

The battle between housing and open space www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Indigenous actor Elaine Miles says ICE called her tribal ID ‘fake’ www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Operations commander followed the defense secretary’s order to leave no survivors www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Me: makes zero attempts at dating or being dateable Also me: well this could be fun www.kcur.org/arts-life/20...

Located in the former Starbucks building, the Current Shop will feature kits and branded scarves, plus a customization station where fans can personalize their gear. It also will be a site for player autograph signings and other team programming. www.startlandnews.com/2025/11/kc-c...

Helium for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons comes from a tiny Kansas town www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...

Using TIF dollars for sewer separation may be the most appropriate use of that kind of special tax I’ve seen in recent memory. Especially since it will help keep Brush Creek from being an open sewer www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...

This reminds me of that time the KS Dept. of Revenue auctioned off sex toys www.cjonline.com/story/news/p...

Seeking to kneecap states and hand even more power over to his big tech cronies, the ever power thirsty and David Sacks gets ratioed. For now at least — this group is like mold and always returns www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms. www.wired.com/story/ice-bo...

Republicans are looking to make it easier to kill Americans with automobiles. But at least your car with be a little cheaper www.wsj.com/business/aut...

The Trump administration made erroneous claims to the Supreme Court, mischaracterizing the responsiveness of local police and the actions of protesters in a filing asking the justices to sign off on the deployment of hundreds of National Guard troops to Chicago. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...

The Trump administration is snapping up ownership shares of private companies it deems essential to national security. It is an unusual new strategy that has already committed more than $10 billion in taxpayer funds and shows little sign of slowing. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...

Atlanta opened Azalea Fresh Market, the first downtown supermarket in two decades, with $8 million in cash and other grants. www.wsj.com/real-estate/...

Urban farms and gardens ease food insecurity, boost mental health, and create communities. www.motherjones.com/environment/...

The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika — an emblem of fascism and white supremacy inextricably linked to the murder of millions of Jews and the deaths of more than 400,000 U.S. troops who died fighting in World War II — as a hate symbol www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Profit-hungry developers, Gulf monarchs, Donald Trump, Tony Blair, and the Israeli far right are all united in their vision for Gaza: a tech-fueled special economic zone governed by billionaires, with no question of self-determination for Palestinians. jacobin.com/2025/11/gaza...

This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...

A redevelopment in Kansas City's North Loop could bring not just residential conversions of a pair of vacant offices, but a 27-story mixed-use tower as well. (Are we calling the is are North Loop or The Garment District?) www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/n...

Russia and Qatar used the World Cup to soften their autocratic image on the global stage. Trump is using it to double down. newrepublic.com/article/2033...

An F.B.I. Trainee Hung a Pride Flag Near His Desk. He Says He Was Fired for It. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...

Culver City apartments up to 6 stories can now be built around a single stairwell. Conditions apply: These buildings are on the small side — each floor maxes out at 4,000 sq ft with no more than 4 units. They also have to abide by an array of fire-prevention measures calmatters.org/housing/2025...